Social Democratic Party (Niger)

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Social Democratic Party
PSD-Bassira
Party leader vacant
Secretary General Ibrahim Kasso
founding 5th December 2015
Place of foundation Zinder , Niger
Headquarters Niger
Alignment Social democracy
Parliament seats 2 of 171

The Social Democratic Party ( French : Parti Social-Démocrate , abbreviation: PSD-Bassira ) is a political party in Niger .

history

The founding of the Social Democratic Party was initiated in 2015 by Mohamed Ben Omar , a founding member of the Alliance for Democracy and Progress (RDP-Jama'a) party. Ben Omar had previously unsuccessfully sought to succeed Hamid Algabid as party chairman of the RDP-Jama'a.

Mohamed Ben Omar took over the chairmanship of the Social Democratic Party, and Ibrahim Kasso became General Secretary . The founding congress of the party took place on December 5, 2015 in Zinder . In the 2016 general election , she won two of 171 seats in the National Assembly . In the 2016 presidential election , the Social Democratic Party supported incumbent Mahamadou Issoufou of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya).

Founding party chairman Ben Omar died on May 3, 2020 of complications from a COVID-19 illness.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AY Barma: PSD BASSIRA: Le prochain parti de BEN OMAR. In: aNiamey.com. April 20, 2015, accessed March 13, 2016 (French).
  2. ↑ Amadou Bello: PSD-Bassira de Ben Omar: Un parti politique mort-né? In: Tamtam Info. November 8, 2015, accessed March 13, 2016 (French).
  3. ↑ a b Declaration du Comité Exécutif National du PSD-BASSIRA. In: Tamtam Info. March 4, 2016, accessed March 13, 2016 (French).
  4. ^ Niger: Assemblée nationale (National Assembly). Last elections. Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2016, accessed March 13, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Niger: le ministre du Travail est mort du coronavirus. In: Le Figaro. May 4, 2020, accessed May 5, 2020 (French).